Championship leader Jenson Button continued to set the pace in Formula One on Saturday, qualifying fastest to take pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Brawn GP driver took his third pole of the season with a record Circuit de Catalunya track time of 1 minute, 20.527 seconds.

Spain on Monday became the first nation outside North America to confirm a case of swine flu, while the World Health Organization expressed alarm about the disease's rapid spread and airline stocks sunk on fears of a sharp drop in travel.

The 11 Somali men, accused in a pirate attack on a Liberian freighter, filed slowly into the wood-paneled court. The magistrate took one look at their dingy shirts, jackets and sarongs two were barefoot and ordered a court official to make sure they were "dressed properly" for their next appearance.

In its fifth season and 74th race, Red Bull was added to the list of Formula One winning teams when Sebastian Vettel mastered a wet track for a start-to-finish victory Sunday in the Chinese Grand Prix.